day 95. snowboarding. skiing. wildcat. 4/3.

the unseasonable heat continued. i took the day off so kasmira could do the slush cup. i wasn't going to kick down for passes but was hoping we could stumble on to some. signed her up for the slush cup. she did the zip line which essentially involves flying over the base lodge area. i managed to get one free pass and we snuck kasmira past the liftie so we could take one run and some pictures. the view of mount washington under the clear blue skies was amazing. the snow was nowhere near as mushy as what i had ridden at sunday river the other day. as we were coming down i kind of picked up on a flaw in my snowboarding. i have become way too heel turn dominant and it makes it hard for me to make balanced turns. i think i do it because i am braking too much and using my power legs on my heel turn to do it. kasmira of course looked great and made it look easy. then it was time for the slush cup. kasmira went about fourth, i think she was the second skier. she thought she couldn't use poles because they didn't let her at saddleback the last time she did it. she made it about three quarters of the way across and sank without falling. it wasn't that deep, though. it turned out all the other skiers were using their poles to push for speed and i have no doubt that had she used hers, she would have made it. boots soaked, we were done for the day. we had two gift certificates to the muddy moose in north conway from our snow sculptures at shawnee peak so we went and used them. it was like summer in north conway.